Kerrin Charters Harrison (born 27 April 1964

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player. Along with Glenn Stewart, he won a bronze medal in the badminton men's doubles at the

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.Westlake Boys High School, Badminton
/ref> He attended

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on the

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from 1979 to 1982. Kerrin won the men's French Badminton singles open in 1986. And along with Glenn Stewart also won the men's French Badminton doubles open in 1986. Along with Phillip Horne, Kerrin Harrison represented New Zealand in Badminton men's doubles, at the

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in Auckland, New Zealand. At the age of 28 Kerrin represented New Zealand at the 1992 summer Olympics in Barcelona in both the men's singles and doubles for Badminton He was a New Zealand representative for ten years. He won the men's masters (over 45s) Badminton singles in New Zealand, 17–20 September 2009.

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*https://web.archive.org/web/20090206064048/http://homepages.ihug.co.nz/~wlake/awards/awards.pdf *http://www.sportingpulse.com/assoc_page.cgi?c=1-2406-0-0-0&news_task=DETAIL&articleID=9984537 {{DEFAULTSORT:Harrison, Kerrin New Zealand male badminton players Olympic badminton players for New Zealand Badminton players at the 1990 Commonwealth Games Living people 1964 births Badminton players at the 1992 Summer Olympics Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for New Zealand Badminton players at the 1986 Commonwealth Games Commonwealth Games medallists in badminton 20th-century New Zealand people 21st-century New Zealand people Medallists at the 1986 Commonwealth Games